Known as the “Oasis of Nevada,” Fallon combines a friendly small-city center with the irrigated farms, wetlands, and open high-desert landscapes of the Lahontan Valley. The community is shaped by agriculture, Naval Air Station Fallon, Western heritage, and easy access to outdoor recreation. Its practical amenities, broad horizons, and range of in-town and rural properties make Fallon an appealing setting for primary residences, family homes, equestrian properties, and custom desert retreats.
Why People Are Building In Fallon, NV
Mosscreek, the Right Designer
Building a MossCreek designed home creates the perfect way to live in harmony with your surroundings. Every home is designed to fit carefully within its natural setting while offering the best in contemporary living. See “Custom Design” in our menu above to learn more about us and how we can help you realize a MossCreek designed home.
Finding a Builder
MossCreek has a network of builders that we regularly work with and would be glad to introduce you to them. We are also happy to work with the builder of your choice.
Build Here for Scenic Beauty and More
People are building homes in Fallon for its available land, agricultural character, convenient services, and relaxed pace. Families, military households, retirees, and outdoor enthusiasts value the area’s schools, parks, farms, wildlife refuges, and access to boating, fishing, birding, hiking, and off-highway travel. From established city streets to larger rural parcels, Fallon offers varied settings for custom homes designed around sunshine, privacy, workshops, animals, and indoor-outdoor living.
Nearby Natural Gems:
Fishing
Fallon provides convenient access to high-desert fisheries where anglers pursue walleye, white bass, wipers, catfish, carp, trout, and other species in reservoirs, ponds, and canals.
Fishing resources and regional guides:
Popular fishing locations:
Museums and Galleries
Fallon’s museums, galleries, historic sites, and cultural institutions interpret the region’s Indigenous history, agriculture, aviation, archaeology, and Western heritage.
Highlights include:
Hiking
With access to wetlands, volcanic formations, sand dunes, reservoir shoreline, and extensive public lands, Fallon offers varied hiking, birding, and off-road recreation.
Popular hiking trails:
- Grimes Point Trails: Short interpretive routes among basalt outcrops and ancient rock art.
- Hidden Cave Trail: A desert hike to an important archaeological site east of Fallon.
- Lahontan Shoreline: Open routes for walking, riding, camping, and reservoir views.
- Stillwater Refuge Trails: Wildlife-viewing routes through internationally significant wetlands.
- Sand Mountain Recreation Area: A dramatic dune landscape for hiking and motorized recreation.
Shopping
Fallon offers a convenient mix of downtown boutiques, farm and feed stores, antique shops, local markets, gift stores, and practical everyday shopping.
Top shopping destinations:
Restaurants
Fallon’s dining scene blends longtime local favorites with contemporary cafés, family restaurants, casual grills, bakeries, and farm-influenced Nevada fare.
Standout restaurants:
Where People Are Building In Fallon, NV
Where People Build in the Fallon Area
Set amid irrigated farmland and broad high-desert views, Fallon offers a practical combination of local services, outdoor access, and year-round western Nevada living. Known for its agricultural heritage, welcoming downtown, and connection to Naval Air Station Fallon, the city attracts homeowners seeking space, convenience, and community. Whether you prefer established streets, newer west-side homes, or nearby rural parcels, Fallon provides flexible settings for a custom home shaped by the Lahontan Valley landscape.
Developments in and Around Fallon
New Developments
- New Homes in Fallon: Contemporary construction opportunities near established services and residential streets.
- West Fallon and Reno Highway Parcels: Homesites near open land and the city’s western edge.
Growing Neighborhoods
- Central Fallon: Established neighborhoods near downtown shops, parks, schools, and community services.
- West Fallon: Residential areas with convenient access to U.S. 50, shopping, and recreation.
Other New Construction Opportunities
- Custom Rural Homesites: Build around open views, privacy, workshops, animals, and outdoor living.
- Fallon Outlying Parcels: Opportunities near farmland and the city’s developing residential edges.
Choosing A Location
- For farmland and desert views: Consider rural homesites along Fallon’s northern and southern edges.
- For privacy and space: Look for acreage outside the compact city center.
- For convenience: Central Fallon offers easy access to parks, shops, schools, and restaurants.
- For newer housing: Explore west-side neighborhoods and properties near the Reno Highway corridor.
Where People Build in Surrounding Areas
Within the surrounding areas of the city of Fallon, western Nevada offers additional opportunities for custom homes, rural acreage, small-town living, and high-desert retreats.
Communities and towns to consider include:
- Fernley, NV
- Silver Springs, NV
- Stagecoach, NV
- Hazen, NV
- Wadsworth, NV
- Nixon, NV
- Schurz, NV
- Dixie Valley, NV
A range of custom homesites, established neighborhoods, rural acreage, and mountain communities is available throughout the surrounding region for full-time or retreat living.
